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Richard Oedel Coming from an engineering and business background, the development and construction of form has always fascinated me. And living in Salem Massachusetts for 22 years has instilled in me an appreciation and respect for the furnituremakers of the 17th and 18th centuries, who lived and worked only steps from my front door. Now living in Boston, home in the 1700's to the Seymours and other master furnituremakers. Some of the finest furniture in America was crafted here. And still is... |
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| CV Past Member and Chairman Salem MA Historic District Commission Graduated from The North Bennet Street School . Worked with Jere Osgood and John LaGattuta Member of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers SAPFM Member of The Furniture Society Chairman - 2010 Furniture Society Conference in Boston at MIT VP and Member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association Author and teacher Work published in: Fine Woodworking magazine Issues 172 and 190 Woodshop News University of New Hampshire Alumni Magazine Custom Woodworking Business CWB November 2008 Keynote Speaker - CWB Conference - March 2009 - Chicago, IL "Studio Furniture Today's Leading Woodworkers" Schiffer Publishing June 2009 ISBN 0-7643328-7-2 "500 Cabinets - A Showcase of Design and Craftsmanship" Lark Books June 2010 ISBN 1-6005957-5-8 "Furniture Studio - Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies" The Furniture Society Sept 2005 ISBN 0-9671004-2-9 Exhibitions and venues: Massachusetts Historical Society The Fells - Newport NH Providence Fine Furniture Show CraftBoston Boston Architectural Center/College The Cyclorama - Boston Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Canterbury Shaker Village Furniture Society "Curv-iture" Exhibit Savannah College of Art and Design Denver Museum of Art - Airport Gallery of Art and Design - Raleigh/Durham Florida Craftsmen Gallery Hickory Museum of Art - NC Houston Centre for Contemporary Craft Boston Athenaeum St. Botolph Club Boston North Bennet Street School Gallery Trinity Church Boston Currier Museum of Art New Hampshire Art Association Gallery at Frenchman's Bay - Bar Harbor Messler Gallery - Center for Furniture Craftsmanship New Hampshire Historical Society Lamont Gallery - Phillips Exeter Academy Workshops and demos CWB Custom Woodworking Conference March 2009 Furniture Society Conferences - Victoria B.C. Canada, Purchase NY, Boone, NC |
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New Video about us and the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Many thanks go to Dartmouth Coach for funding this video |
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| Also see our work at www.custommade.com/by/finefurnituremaster |
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